Population genetic data of eight tetrameric short tandem repeats (STRs) in Casablanca resident population to use in forensic casework

Hungarian population data of four X-linked markers: DXS8378, DXS7132, HPRTB, and DXS7423

“…Sequencing reaction of the HPRTB 11.2 allele was performed using the Big Dye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit (Applied Biosystems) and was analyzed by the ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer capillary electrophoresis system. Primer sequences for amplification of the HPRTB locus were F-5′- [3] ND ND 1.35×10 −5 ND ch/arlequin.html). Polymorphism information content (PIC), power of discrimination (PD), and mean exclusion chance (MEC) were calculated as before [20].…”

“…The commercially available Mentype Argus X-UL Kit (Biotype AG, Dresden, Germany) makes it possible to examine the DXS8378, DXS7132, HPRTB, and DXS7423 loci belonging to four different linkage groups in one multiplex reaction. The four X-chromosomal loci have been previously studied in other populations: the DXS8378 locus in German [6] and Korean [18] populations; the DXS7132 locus in Taiwanese [4], German [6], and Korean [18] populations; the HPRTB locus in Brazilian [1,12], Taiwanese [5], German [6], American (Caucasian, African, Mexican, and Asian) [7], Hungarian [8], Basquian (Spain) [9], Japanese [10], Polish [11], Belgian [13], British (UK) [14], Tamilian [15], Mexican [16], Argentinian [17], Korean [18,19], Tuscanian [21], and Chinese [22] populations; and the DXS7423 locus in African (Casablanca) [3], German [6], Cantabrian [23], and Korean [18] populations. This paper aims continue the process of establishing a suitable X-chromosomal short tandem repeat (X-STR) database for four loci in the Hungarian population, mainly for complementary testing in deficiency paternity cases with autosomal DNA markers [2,20].…”

Population genetic data of 15 tetrameric short tandem repeats (STRs) in Berbers from Morocco

“…Different works were previously published [7][8][9][10][11][12] on the two major ethnic groups (Berbers and Arabic-speakers) but this is the first study of D19S433 and D2S1338 allele frequency distribution in Morocco.…”

Close Genetic Relationship Between Semitic‐speaking and Indo‐European‐speaking Groups in Iran

“…Although there are a number of studies describing mtDNA sequence variation, Y-SNP and Y-STR variation, and Alu insertion and HLA class I and II polymorphisms in different Arab groups from the Near East and North Africa (Almawi et al, 2004a;Almawi et al, 2004b;Luis et al, 2004;Semino et al, 2004;Chbel et al, 2003;Lucotte and Mercier, 2003;Richards et al, 2003;Al-Hussein et al, 2002;Cruciani et al, 2002;Manni et al, 2002;Bosch et al, 2001;Nebel et al, 2001;Semino et al, 2000;Scozzari et al, 1999), most of these focused on larger geographic scale questions and analyses, rather then concentrating on specific questions concerning the relationships of the diverse Arab groups. Moreover, for those studies that analyzed Y-haplogroups, the Y-SNP markers typed differ considerably across studies, making comparisons across populations difficult.…”